Music, Forward!
“Music Forward!” is the order given by a lady in Colonial costume, and in march a group of five musicians, working industriously at their instruments. The directress stands them in a row, and taking the head off each, throws it onto a huge music staff and each becomes a note of the scale. The whole bodies appear again, after which the manipulator seems to wrap them up in a large sheet of music, which is then shown to contain nothing. The paper is rolled up again, and a cane is held, perpendicularly, in a horizontal position to the sheet.
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📋 Film Details
| Original Title | En avant la musique |
| Year | 1907 |
| Country | France |
| Genre | Fantasy, Comedy |
| Director | Segundo de Chomón |
| Runtime | 3 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 5.1/10 (9 votes) |
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🎬 MovieFinder's Take
The film constructs a brief farce at the intersection of musical parody and illusionist trick, relying on Méliès's signature stop-trick to transform people into abstract symbols. It explores the visual metaphor of music as a physical substance that can be packaged and made to disappear.
What lingers after viewing is the playful absurdity of the premise, where logic yields to the poetry of pure spectacle. A charming miniature from the workshop of a cinematic magician. — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: Segundo de Chomón
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Watch in a playful mood, as a curious exhibit from the cabinet of early cinema.
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